Joseph Falabella, 94

Joseph J. Falabella Sr. of Willowbrook, a retired brokerage employee, died Tuesday at home. His age was 94.

Born in Brooklyn, he graduated from the borough’s Erasmus Hall High School and Pratt Institute, where he studied mechanical design.

Family photoJoseph Falabella, 2009

He moved to West Brighton in 2002. Two years later, he moved to Willowbrook to live with his son.

A World War II veteran, Mr. Falabella served in the U.S. Army in the European theater of operations. A technician fifth grade assigned to the 656th Field Artillery Battalion, he saw duty in Germany.

After returning from military service, he began working for John Fuchs in Manhattan as an inventory specialist. Beginning in the 1970s, he was a warehouseman/micro film processor for Loeb, Rhoades & Co., a brokerage firm in Manhattan. He retired in 1989.

Mr. Falabella was a parishioner of St. Rita’s R.C. Church, Meiers Corners.

His wife of 36 years, the former Marianne Lagana, died in 1977.

Surviving are his son, Joseph Jr. ; two grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

The funeral will be tomorrow from the Matthew Funeral Home, Willowbrook, with a mass at 10 a.m. in St. Rita’s Church. Burial will be in Long Island National Cemetery, Farmingdale.